And her younger sister was fifth.
And her younger sister was fifth.
Define competitive.
Not to take anything away from this kid's performance (21:19 5k by a 9 year old girl), but the real competition was in the "13.1 Marathon" (a registered trademark of US Road Sports & Entertainment Group).
deuch wrote:
And her younger sister was fifth.
That is just awesome. I have never heard of a 4th grader winning a 5K.
MEN
Joseph Kappel 00:18:28
Caldeira Vundembar 00:19:11
Matthew Rosenberg 00:19:46
Christopher Collado 00:20:05
Gerard Hubard 00:20:29
WOMEN
Tsion Yared 00:21:19
Andrea Sanders-Reece 00:21:36
Melissa Meyer 00:22:04
Annie Brennan 00:22:19
Mahdere Yared 00:23:04
27:42 5K on July 4th.
Quite an improvement.
Hurlie Burlie wrote:
27:42 5K on July 4th.
Quite an improvement.
Huge improvement. PEDs.
Those don't sound like good ol' American names...I bet she's actually old enough to be in 8th grade.
Had to be a short course. Tell her to join summer track, she would win every race for her division guaranteed.
Was this 5K held in Manlius, NY by any chance?
question- wrote:
Was this 5K held in Manlius, NY by any chance?
Close. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
http://www.131marathon.com/13_1_Fort_Lauderdale.htmFishing Instructor wrote:
but the real competition was in the "13.1 Marathon" (a registered trademark of US Road Sports & Entertainment Group).
Back in the first running boom we had the "mini marathon" that was usually about 3 miles long
If a fourth-grader wins a race, it is not competitive. I don't think I'd consider a race competitive unless a winner is at least a junior or senior in high school, and it's a male, and he's one of the best high schoolers in the area.
Sign her and sister up for triathlon training.
100 mile weeks must finally be paying off
Actually, nice run for a Fourth-grader, but any local 5k in the country will probably have the female winner run faster, so not what you would call a competitive 5k.
hobbyjogging trail guy wrote:
Back in the first running boom we had the "mini marathon" that was usually about 3 miles long
About 3 miles = 2.6 miles. At least that's the one kid run I did as a young teenager.
Not sure what to think of this. 21 min is awesome for a 9yo girl. But this was anything but a competitive 5k. Even on the men's side: 18 something for the win.
agree. she could be the next Mary Decker Tabb/Slaney
Hold the presses, sports fans. These girls were not on Peds, but were wearing a version of the Spira running shoes that have been banned by the USATF. It's all been nullified, like it never happened.